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SCALD HEAD.
scab, without any rupture of the pustule ; and this event
sometimes takes place within the first twenty-four hours.
The scabs multiply, and often meet at their circumfe-
rence, so as to form a continuous incrustation of greater
or less extent.
It is said by a distinguished author, that where the
disease has been long established, it is thought to retard
the development of the system, and to have a debilita-
ting effect upon the intellectual faculties.
Treatment.--Owing to the obstinacy of the disease, and
its peculiar pertinacity, which seldom fails to wear out the
patience, as well as to baffle skill, it is essentially neces-
sary to have a goodly number of remedies to resort to,
as emergency may dictate.
There is generally more or less inflammation attend-
ing this disease, and I am of the impresion that the
treatment should be, to some extent, antiphlogistic, (reme-
dies that oppose inflammation.) Others contend that
the treatment must be entirely local. I generally give
my patients soda powders, night and morning. I have
the hair immediately removed from the affected part,
and use warm water and resin soap, as advised for the
cure of itch, and the patient should be directed to do
this every morning; after which I apply the following
ointment, and give it a fair trial before you abandon it.
I3. Unguenti picis liquidae, (tar ointment,) 5i.
--I- ydrargyri nitratis, (citron ointment,) 8ss
Mix well and apply night and morning. Should this
ointment fail, I have resorted to an application of castor
oil, and mixing as much calomel with it as to thicken it
considerably; I have never failed with this, where due
attention was paid to ablutions of the head. I have also
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Massie, J. Cam. A Treatise on the Eclectic Southern Practice of Medicine, book, 1854; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143817/m1/401/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.